Three operations for naya Pakistan

 

Centralised power, judiciary restructured and military as the state’s core operating system – this is Naya Pakistan. Centralised power itself is morally neutral; its virtue or vice lies entirely in the direction it takes. Centralised power in itself neither corrupts nor redeems; everything depends on the compass by which it is steered.

If this centralised power is to serve rather than subjugate, it must undertake three surgical operations: Operation FDI surge, Operation Hybrid Harmony and Operation Iron Frontier.

Operation FDI Surge: Target $60 billion FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) by 2030; $12 billion per year average. Use SIFC as FOB (Forward Operating Base). Declare 10 new SEZs (Strategic Economic Zones) under army protection. Offer 10-year tax holidays along with 100 percent repatriation as standard ammunition. Assign a serving Lt. Gen as Theatre........

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